'I stayed out until 5am': Party-hopping Best Actress Julianne Moore had sleepless night after hitting TWO post-Oscar soirees

She triumphantly took home the Best Actress award at the 87th annual Academy Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles, for her role in Still Alice.

And high from her win, Julianne Moore, 54, proved she could still party with the best of them, hitting the post-Oscars bash circuit until the wee hours.

Speaking from the U.S to Australian breakfast program Kyle and Jackie O Show on Kiis FM on Wednesday morning, she revealed she had partied until 5am in the morning.

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'I stayed out until 5am' Party-hopping Best Actress winner Julianne Moore, pictured on stage at the Dolby Theatre, says she had a sleepless night on Sunday after hitting TWO post Oscar soirees

'We stayed out until 5am in the morning that night, I flew back to New York City at around 8am so I didn't get any sleep,' she said. 'I was pretty delirious that night.'

Enjoying her well-deserved moment in the limelight, the elegant red head wowed in a custom Chanel gown designed by Karl Lagerfeld.

She was seen kissing her longtime husband Bart Freundlich at the Governors Ball, before making her way to the Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

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The four-time Oscar nominee was red hot favourite to win after scooping a Golden Globe, Bafta and a SAGA award for her powerful portrayal of a professor who is diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimer's, based on Lisa Genova's best-selling novel.

Speaking of the film, which she made in March last year and launched in September at Toronto International Film Festival, Julianne said: 'it all happened so fast our heads are kind of spinning.'

Party princess! Enjoying her well-deserved moment in the limelight, the elegant red head wowed in her custom Chanel gown as she was seen kissing her longtime husband Bart Freundlich at the Governors Ball

He knew: The American beauty's husband of 12 years predicted her win after seeing Still Alice for the first time. Pictured together at Vanity Fair Oscar Party

'I was shocked, how did this happen? Then it kept going and going,' she said of the momentum, revealing that after reading the book she 'could see right away that it was really special.'

One person who wasn't surprised at her win was her husband Bart, who predicted she'd take home the trophy.

The 45-year-old director was beaming with pride at his 54-year-old wife as she clutched her gold statuette at the A-list bashes on Sunday night.

'This is the first time I've told anybody this,' the Hunger Games actress said in the press room.

'[Bart] was the first person to see [Still Alice]. The first time I saw the cut, he came with me...I heard him crying, and I was like, "What's going on?" When we walked out of there, he said, "You're going to win an Oscar"

Toast of Tinseltown: Julianne was congratulated by a slew of Hollywood A-listers, including Reese Witherspoon, who lost out to Best Actress for her role in Wild

'And I was like, "Come on." I swear to God, that's what he said to me. And I just couldn't believe he said that. But anyway, that's how much he supported me from the very, very beginning.'

Moore and Freundlich – who've known each other for 20 years – will celebrate their 12th wedding anniversary on August 23.

The modest actress echoed her eloquent Oscar speech on the radio, saying of Michael Keaton's Best Actor near miss, 'Michael is such a wonderful actor and gave such a beautiful performance.

Back to work: The four-time Oscar nominee was back to work on Tuesday, hitting the ice for her new film Maggie's Plan, which she stars in alongside Ethan Hawke

'I meant it in my speech when I said there is no Best Actor, it's very gratifying to win but you can't pick one... it's like apples and oranges.'

Offering her take on Patricia Arquette's impassioned onstage plea for wage equality for women, Moore admitted 'it was difficult' for her to complain from her position of privilege, but she supports the cause for women across the world.

The hard working talent is already back at work, slipping on a pair of ice skates to film scenes in her upcoming flick Maggie's Place on Tuesday – she stars opposite Ethan Hawke.

Cream of the crop: The stunning red head posed alongside Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette, Best Actor Eddie Redmayne and Best Supporting Actor J.K Simmons